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A simple but beautifully proportioned concrete arch bridge, Zhenzhu is part of a new group of mid-sized concrete arch bridge.           
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A simple but beautifully proportioned concrete arch bridge, Zhenzhu is part of a new group of mid-sized concrete arch bridges in Western China.           
  
 
The difficult location required the engineers to build the two halves of the arch vertically on hinges before lowering them down where they were joined at the crown.  Zhenzhu was built on a new bypass road that avoids the older descent into the river gorge.     
 
The difficult location required the engineers to build the two halves of the arch vertically on hinges before lowering them down where they were joined at the crown.  Zhenzhu was built on a new bypass road that avoids the older descent into the river gorge.     

Revision as of 06:15, 18 June 2013

Zhenzhu Bridge
珍珠大桥
Wuchuan, Guizhou, China
367 feet high / 112 meters high
394 foot span / 120 meter span
2008


A simple but beautifully proportioned concrete arch bridge, Zhenzhu is part of a new group of mid-sized concrete arch bridges in Western China.

The difficult location required the engineers to build the two halves of the arch vertically on hinges before lowering them down where they were joined at the crown. Zhenzhu was built on a new bypass road that avoids the older descent into the river gorge.


Image by www.qqbque..


A computer rendering of the finished span.



ShizijingheRendering.jpg



YaxiExpresswayMap.jpg

Yaxi Expressway Map.


ShizijingheSatellite.jpg

A satellite view showing the Shizijinghe Bridge under construction.